Use the table to answer the following question. Organism Appearance Habitat/Activity Nutrient Acquisition Reproduction A Microscopic, unicellular, with a flagellum Swims around in freshwater pools Envelops and consumes other microscopic organisms Mates with others; young bud off B Shaped like a basketball, covered with purple filaments, multicellular Rolls slowly across grassy fields Thrives with access to only freshwater and sunlight Mates with others; young emerge from hardened spherical structures C Hard and branched, multicellular, covered in a sticky coating Attached to rocky surfaces Traps insects in sticky coating and ingests them No mating; releases winged young that fly off and affix to bare rocks D Multicellular with cell walls Mostly sessile Absorption from the environment Disperses spores ballistically A researcher is studying animals on a previously undiscovered island, home to many unfamiliar organisms, and decides to survey them using the research equipment at hand. The researcher observes them in detail, and makes the notations shown in the table.Which organism would you classify as an animal?
A student encounters an animal embryo at the eight-cell stag…
A student encounters an animal embryo at the eight-cell stage. The four smaller cells that comprise one hemisphere of the embryo seem to be rotated 45° and to lie in the grooves between larger, underlying cells. Which of the following organisms is this embryo most likely to develop into?
Assume a $1,000 Treasury bill is quoted to pay 7.0% interest…
Assume a $1,000 Treasury bill is quoted to pay 7.0% interest over a 2-month period. What will be the effective yield?
A(n) _____ is one that appears on the balance sheet of two d…
A(n) _____ is one that appears on the balance sheet of two different entities, while a(n) _____ is an actual, tangible asset which may be seen, felt, held, or collected.
A speculator purchases a 69,000-pound contract for coffee fo…
A speculator purchases a 69,000-pound contract for coffee for $0.86 per pound with an initial margin requirement of 5%. The price goes up to $0.92 in 2 months. What is the annualized return?
Using the formula for the capital market line, if the risk-f…
Using the formula for the capital market line, if the risk-free rate is 2.79%, the market rate of return is 10.14%, the market standard deviation is 17.4%, and the standard deviation of the portfolio is 19.5%, compute the anticipated return of the portfolio.
Compute the Macaulay duration of a 6.3% coupon, 3-year corpo…
Compute the Macaulay duration of a 6.3% coupon, 3-year corporate bond that makes annual coupon payments and has a yield to maturity of 5.4%.
Using the formula for the capital market line, if the risk-f…
Using the formula for the capital market line, if the risk-free rate is 4.91%, the market rate of return is 13.62%, the market standard deviation is 19.1%, and the standard deviation of the portfolio is 23.7%, compute the anticipated return of the portfolio.
A speculator purchases a 45,000-pound contract for coffee fo…
A speculator purchases a 45,000-pound contract for coffee for $0.88 per pound with an initial margin requirement of 9%. The price goes up to $0.92 in 4 months. What is the annualized return?
A speculator purchases a 44,000-pound contract for coffee fo…
A speculator purchases a 44,000-pound contract for coffee for $1.22 per pound with an initial margin requirement of 5%. The price goes up to $1.26 in 4 months. What is the annualized return?